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A First Team All-Big Ten Selection in his lone year at Wisconsin, Ryan Ramcyzk was the final player taken in the First Round of the 2017 Draft.

239. Joe Judge

Joe Judge played the vast majority of his career with the Washington Senators, where he was one of the best First Baseman of the American League during his era.

Judge debuted for the Washington Senators in 1915, and two years later, he was cemented as the starter at First for the Sens. Judge would regularly collect Hits, and as a Senator, he had nine .300-plus seasons.  The First Baseman helped lead Washington to their first World Series win in franchise history, and he would amass 2,352 Hits and a .298 Batting Average over his career.

243. Chuck Knoblauch

Chuck Knoblauch had a very unique career in that he was equally praised as he was much as he was maligned.

219. Steve Rogers

The claim can be made (and we will be among those who make it) that Steve Rogers was the greatest Pitcher in franchise history when the Washington Nationals were in Montreal as the Expos.

Rogers played his entire career with the Expos (1973-85), and he got off to a great start as the runner-up for the Rookie of the Year.  The Expos were not a good team in the 70s, and he twice led the National League in Losses, but most of that could not be put on his shoulders.  Rogers, who was an All-Star in 1974, was again one in 1978 and 1979, and as Montreal improved, the baseball world took notice of their ace.

In 1982, Rogers was an All-Star again, winning the ERA Title (2.40) and finishing second in Cy Young voting.  Rogers was third for the Cy Young the year after, and he was an All-Star for the fifth and final time.  Injuries and arm fatigue caught up with him, and he retired in 1985.

Notably, Rogers was also a respectable hitter, who might have had a low Batting Average (.138), could bunt people over, and he actually led the NL in Sacrifice Hits in 1983.

Rogers retired with a 158-152 record with 1,621 Strikeouts.